Daily Agenda

Saturday, 23 June-Sunday, 24 June, 2018

This workshop will provide a forum for a thorough assessment of simulation-based noise-prediction tools in the context of airframe configurations, including both near-field unsteady flow and the acoustic radiation generated via the interaction of this flow with solid surfaces. Participants will identify current gaps in physical understanding, experimental databases, and prediction capability for the major sources of airframe noise. The BANC-V workshop, organized by the AIAA Aeroacoustics Technical Committee, will:

Identify current gaps in physical understanding, experimental databases, and prediction capability for the major sources of airframe noise

Help determine best practices and accelerate the development of benchmark quality datasets

Promote coordinated studies of common configurations for maximum impact on the current state of the art in the understanding and prediction of airframe noise.

In this course, participants learn about current development in electric and hybrid electric aircraft. Participants will learn how to design electric and hybrid electric aircraft starting from the top-level aircraft requirements. Design examples will include an electric air taxi and a hybrid-electric aircraft with distributed propulsion. Various powertrains will be examined including pure electric, parallel hybrid, serial hybrid, and combinations. It will be demonstrated which design variables are unique to electric and hybrid electric aircraft and how the sizing process of the powertrain components can be carried out.

A system-level approach is provided for missile aerodynamic design, development, and system engineering. The methods presented are generally simple closed-form analytical expressions that are physics-based, to provide insight into the primary driving parameters. Sizing examples are presented for rocket-powered missiles, ramjet-powered missiles, turbo-jet powered missiles, and guided bombs. Typical values of missile aerodynamic parameters and the characteristics of current operational missiles are presented. Videos illustrate missile aerodynamic development activities and performance. Each student will design, build, and fly a small air rocket in a design, build, and fly competition. The instructor’s textbook Missile Design and System Engineering (Fleeman, AIAA, 2012) will be provided as part of the course registration.

This course introduces the open source CFD toolbox, OpenFOAM. It provides a foundation for all aspects of OpenFOAM, from running cases to programming, so is useful to both new users and existing users wishing to broaden their basic knowledge of OpenFOAM.

When you are designing or evaluating a complicated engineering system such as an aircraft or a launch vehicle, can you effectively reconcile the multitude of conflicting requirements, interactions, and objectives? This course discusses the underlying challenges in such an environment, and introduces you to methods and tools that have been developed over the years.

You will be presented with a review of the state-of-the-art methods for design optimization. You will learn about a variety of numerical optimization algorithms and about their respective advantages and disadvantages so that you can decide on the most effective approach for a given design optimization problem. You will learn the details of selected optimization algorithms so that you can better utilize them in practice. We will also review methods for sensitivity analysis, which is crucial for leveraging the efficiency of gradient-based algorithms, including the adjoint method.

We will discuss problem formulation, for both single discipline and multidisciplinary problems. You will learn about the various multidisciplinary design optimization architectures. The course will take you to system-level applications where performance of the system depends on the interactions and synergy of all its parts. In addition to imparting skills immediately applicable, the course will give you a perspective on emerging trends.

The course will be a combination of lectures, interspersed with associated hands-on lab exercises (aircraft and rotorcraft) to be completed by the students on their own computers using the standalone version of CONDUIT® that is also provided with the book. While our design approach is based on multi-objective parametric optimization, we intend that course attendees who use a different design method will still find the course a useful and comprehensive presentation of well validated flight-control principles and rules of thumb. This course should challenge the practicing engineer to consider where their flight-control processes can be improved or augmented. The many examples from recent manned and UAV aircraft programs illustrate the effectiveness of this technology for rapidly solving difficult integration problems. Also, while we make reference the basic tenants of feedback control theory, our focus in this course is on reducing the theoretical methods of aircraft and rotorcraft flight control to design practice for students and working-level engineers.

Sunday, 24 June, 2018

1600-1800

Meet the Employers Recruiting EventRoom: TBD

SESSION DESCRIPTION:

This event offers students and young professional attendees the opportunity to meet AIAA corporate members in a fun and dynamic environment where they will interact with organizations regarding employment opportunities.

1800-1930

Student Welcome ReceptionRoom: TBD

SESSION DESCRIPTION:

Mingle with your peers and hear from AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher. This reception provides you with the opportunity to meet your fellow students and learn more about the opportunities available to you as an AIAA student member.

Monday, 25 June, 2018

0730-0800

Speakers' BriefingRoom: Session Rooms

0800-0900

New Paradigms in AviationRoom: Centennial I-III

SESSION DESCRIPTION:

Aerospace is in a time of transition. While big rockets and sports cars in orbit grab global headlines, the aviation community is quietly establishing new paradigms that will have near-term, broad impacts on the way we interact with flying machines. Through collaboration and innovation, established and emerging aerospace companies are developing breakthrough technologies that will enable new products and services.

Building on last year’s “Evolving Culture of Aviation” panel session, this year’s opening plenary will explore our theme of “Expanding the Envelope: Partnering for Transformation” and bring together experts from both startup and traditional aviation companies to discuss how cooperation and partnerships are leading to advancements that are powering the next aviation revolution.

NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate created the University Leadership Initiative (ULI) for a new type of interaction with the university community, where universities take the lead, build their own teams, and set their own research path. ULI seeks new, innovative ideas that can support the NASA Aeronautics portfolio and the U.S. aviation community.

The ULI Technical Interchange is the ideal event to discover cutting-edge research and technologies that will advance U.S. aviation and for an inspired idea exchange and networking for both leads and partners looking to participate in future ULI solicitations.

Accomplished members of corporations and AIAA will be
taking time to meet with the Rising Leaders participants and share their
experiences. This event is a great way to get insight from top-level officials
and make some great new contacts. And, maybe, they will end up being a mentor
for more than just the 15 minutes at this event.

Continue
your conversations and networking at the reception which will immediately
follow. Take time to socialize with your fellow young professionals who are
also attending the conference. Having just participated in the speed mentoring,
you’ll definitely have at least one thing in common. Don’t miss this rewarding opportunity.

Despite making
major advances in recent years, the aerospace sector still struggles with
diversity, as many groups which comprise a large portion of the US labor force
only account for a small fraction of the aerospace workforce. This panel will
provide perspectives on the role of diversity in STEM fields and how creating a
diverse workforce can propel technological innovation. Panelists will
also discuss efforts and best practices for closing the gap in STEM fields for
minorities and women. Panelists will share their personal commitment,
experiences, and activities related to growing diversity in the workforce as
well as the efforts of their associated organizations.

Co-Sponsored by the AIAA Diversity Working
Group
Boxed lunches will be available for the first 50 young professionals who
attend.

Forum 360: NASA Aeronautics at the Dawn of a New Era of AviationRoom: Centennial IV

SESSION DESCRIPTION:

Today, we stand on the cusp of the next era in aviation. Recent
technology advances are coming together to enable breakthroughs in the speed
and efficiency of the transport aircraft that are the backbone of the aviation
system. Other breakthroughs will enable new markets for smaller aircraft, from
unmanned aircraft systems that serve search and rescue, agriculture, and
commerce applications to the potential for new modes of personal transport.

Panelists
will include senior leaders from NASA Aeronautics who will discuss strategic
directions for sustainable growth in subsonic transports, the safe and
efficient emergence of new small aircraft markets, the reemergence of the
supersonic transport market, and the fully integrated airspace system in which
they must co-exist.